Hide Desktop Icons, Gadgets, Backgrounds and more with TrimDesk

TrimDesk is a free desktop cleaner, which can be used in order to hide desktop icons, folders, gadgets and even the entire Windows taskbar in just a few mouse clicks. A lot of people have their desktops filled with various different documents, applications and gadgets, taskbars are also often filled with apps for quicker access. Normally this is OK, but in some situations you need your desktop clean without having it looking cramped, and you can do that with the help of TrimDesk.

Similar software: Desktop Archive,

Very small area of the desktop which can be seen on the screenshot above is filled with various different application icons, this is exactly the kind of situation where TrimDesk can help out a lot. After you start TrimDesk, it’s gonna run in the upper left corner of the screen. It will run all the time, when it’s not used it’s gonna roll up all the way to the top of the desktop from where you can bring it back down with a mouse hover. 4 main functions that TrimDesk will do are:

• Hide desktop icons
• Deactivate and remove desktop gadgets
• Remove the Windows taskbar
• Deactivate the background image

There are several different situations where you can use TrimDesk, but the main one would be when you want to protect you privacy when you have to for example conduct a presentation or when you need to take your personal laptop to work and show something to your colleges.

How to hide desktop items with the help of TrimDesk

Using TrimDesk is easy, you just need to open up the main app from the left corner of the desktop, and then turn off whatever it is that you are interested in turning off. Clicking on Icons and Background for example is gonna hide all the icons and turn off your background image to a black screen:

You can see how if you had any incriminating applications installed and if you had their icons on your desktop, if you had any personal files and photos on your desktop or as your desktop background image you can easily hide them when you need to show your laptop screen during meetings or work presentations.

It’s not only useful when it comes to protecting your privacy, but also when you want to hide clutter from the desktop. TrimDesk won’t actually clean your desktop, it’s just gonna turn it off when you don’t need them on your screen..

Conclusion

Paid version of TrimDesk brings more functionalities, but if you’re only interested in quickly hiding your desktop icons, background, gadgets and taskbar you TrimDesk free is more than enough. When you’re working, when you’re in the office, you practically have no privacy when it comes to your computer screen, everyone can see everything that you’re doing, and with TrimDesk you can easily hide anything incriminating that you might have on your desktop, in a single click, completely free. Download now, install TrimDesk to find out how exactly can TrimDesk help you out, because there’s a lot of situations where this type of desktop hider can be very useful, click here for a free download.